mesocosm presents Edge Effects (Live A/V)
Sat May 30 | TILLATEC
Edge Effects takes shape as a live performance where synthetic ecosystems and digital terrains respond to algorithmic interpretations of environmental data and speculative scenarios. Sound and image co-evolve across modular synthesis, field recordings, and real-time visuals, sometimes clashing, sometimes harmonising, as they trace the contours of imagined ecological encounters. Occupying the space between science and myth, natural history and techno-speculation, the work explores instability as a site of potential, using fragility, noise, and subtle shifts at ecological and conceptual edges to imagine alternative modes of cohabitation.
About the artist
mesocosm is a collaborative audiovisual project initiated in 2021 by sound artists Joël Lavoie and Philippe Vandal, alongside visual artist Emma Forgues. Inspired by the concept of the mesocosm, a tool from the New Ecological Movement of the 1960s used to simulate ecosystems in controlled environments, the project explores speculative storytelling, environmental concerns, and anthropogenic impact. Through immersive audiovisual compositions, mesocosm embraces the transitory and the porous, crafting audiovisual spaces where controlled simulations give way to emergent ecologies.They have performed at MUTEK, Elektra, Phi Center, Suoni per il popollo (Montreal), Currents (Santa Fe, USA), and ACC (Gwangju, South Korea).
